Dex
Founding Engineer | Head of Engineering
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About the Role
This role is with one of Dex's trusted partner companies. We work closely with their teams to truly understand their culture, goals, and what they're looking for, so we can match you with the right opportunity and give you context about the role before you commit to a process.
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The Role
A trillion-euro market is opening up, driven by strategic shifts in Europe. The startups powering this are underserved by traditional finance. This institution is building a regulated financial platform from first principles, purpose-built to bank and finance them. They are backed by leading investors from a highly selective accelerator program.
This is the first engineering hire, with full technical ownership. You will architect and build the entire core engineering stack from day one, taking the initial product from concept through production. This is hands-on building, not management; you'll set the engineering bar and recruit the team around you. It's a rare seat for someone who wants to define a technical future, not just execute on one.
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The Work
- Architect and build the entire core banking platform and associated financial infrastructure from scratch.
- Own all technical decisions: architecture, infrastructure, security, and product engineering.
- Translate ambitious product concepts into scalable, secure, and regulated production systems.
- Define the engineering culture and standards, then recruit and mentor the foundational engineering team.
- Ensure data integrity, reliability, and security across all distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
What You Bring
- 5-12 years building complex backend systems, infrastructure, and production architecture.
- Experience building financial infrastructure: core banking, ledger systems, payments, or other highly regulated systems.
- You've been a founding engineer, CTO, or an early hire who scaled a high-growth fintech or infrastructure company.
- Deep expertise in APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, data integrity, reliability, and security.
- An AI-native mindset, spotting where AI creates real advantage across product, operations, and risk.
- London-based or willing to relocate for an in-person role.
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